Football Club

Bedwell Football Club has expanded rapidly over the last five years, with 60 children now having had the opportunity to play for the school over the course of the year. This year we are fielding teams in the Year 5/6 mixed, Year 5/6 girls and Year 3/4 competitions, with four teams (including a Year 5/6 'B' team) playing regular matches throughout the Autumn and Spring terms. We also run weekly training for Year 1/2 throughout the year, as well as inter-house and 3-a-side intra-school competitions during the Summer Term! 

 

We are also the home of the Stevenage and District Primary Schools FA, hosting Year 3/4, Year 5/6 Mixed and Year 5/6 Girls tournaments as well as the annual SDPSFA Cup Finals and presentations. This year we also organised and hosted the Stevenage Year 3/4 Girls Festival as part of the FA's Biggest Ever Football Session initiative. Finally, we've been delighted to see some of our most talented players recruited to play for the Stevenage District side over recent years.

"Staff provide a range of additional activities and opportunities including sports clubs and visits to places of interest. These broaden pupils experience and raise their aspirations."

Ofsted report, 2022
Year 5/6 Mixed Team

Spring Term update:

Our Year 5/6 ‘A’ team are up to third in their division after a well-earned draw against a strong Codicote side. Our ‘B’ team, meanwhile, have made great progress this term, particularly in defence where they have shown fantastic resilience when taking on very strong opposition.

Autumn Term update: 

Our Year 5/6 ‘A’ team took part in the Stevenage Schools Autumn Tournament (which we hosted at Bedwell), narrowly missing out on a place in the finals. In their last few games, however, they have really found their shooting boots, winning 11-1 in the league and 5-2 in the Stevenage Cup. 

Our Year 5/6 ‘B’ team, meanwhile, were super keen to get playing, and really did the school proud in their first game, working incredibly hard and narrowly losing out to a strong opponent,  

Year 5/6 Girls Team

Spring Term update:

Our Year 5/6 Girls team have reached the semi-finals of the Stevenage Cup after a convincing win over Knebworth in the final week of term (a game that included Hilda’s third hattrick in three games).

Autumn Term update:

Our Football season kicked-off with the Stevenage Schools FA Autumn Tournaments, which we hosted at Bedwell. Our girls took on teams from 11 other schools on a packed afternoon, only conceeding 3 goals across their 5 matches. Unfortunately, goals were hard to come by, and we went out in the group stage.

Fortunately, we had time to get in some shooting practice before our league season began, and that really showed as we won 3-0 in our first game. 

 

Year 3/4 Mixed Team

Spring Term update:

Our Year 3/4 team has been in regular action over the last few weeks - but the highlight of the term was actually the Stevenage Year 3/4 Girls Festival, which we organised and hosted. 17 of our girls joined 50 children from 6 other schools for an afternoon of friendly matches, coaching sessions and a penalties competition, and it was great to see so many children enjoying their first ever taste of organised football - and even better to see many of them seeking out more opportunities to play in the weeks since.

Autumn Term update: 

Our Year 3/4 team kicked off their season with two away games against strong opponents. The first game was high-scoring and fast paced, with some great performances from Joe and William. 

A week later, with captain Joe absent through injury, there was a lot of pressure on our Year 3s to step up - and Deivis and Freddie did just that, using a great mix of skill, strength and determination to hold their own against opponents who were a year older (and a lot bigger) than them, Backed-up by excellent work from Matei in defence, the team showed great promise for the rest of the season.